European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday. March 20,1989 hostage siege ends in death of 1 captor children s Rescue stateside Apple Valley Minn. Up swat teams rescued i to children held hostage by a Blind prison Escapee and an sex convict killing one or the captors in the process and ending a two Day standoff authorities said Early sunday. Police entered the suburban townhouse at 1 21 . And emerged with the two children of Lois Platt 35, former pen pal of the Blind murderer who escaped Friday. Both children Cameo 6, and Dominic 8 were Fine police Captain Terry Cook said. We were dealing with very desperate Man. It was unacceptable to let the men leave with the children Cook told reporters Early sunday. The siege ended 34 hours after it began. One of the suspects was holding the 6-year-old girl at knife Point and As a result we were forced to shoot him Cook said. The identity of the dead Man was not announced pending notification of his family. Police were allowed to approach the suburban town House because the two men inside thought police were delivering drinks to go with a pizza that had been delivered earlier. Cook said. Once the door was open police tossed in a Flash grenade that emits a Brilliant Light and loud noise. It lends to stun the occupants and disorient them Cook said. The Mother of the two children had been rescued earlier saturday after she was allowed to leave the Home to try to Start a car in the driveway police said. We just Plain took her Cook said. We could t let her go Back  Platt was being treated at a Hospital and was very concerned about the safety of her children Cook said. Despite his blindness Larry Donnell Hill 39, an inmate at the slate prison in Stillwater managed to escape from a Minneapolis doctor s office Friday with the help of a former inmate at the prison. Willie John son 47, Drew a gun and tied up the doctor and two unarmed guards with duct tape. The two armed men both from Chicago then forced their Way into the Home of Plait and her Chil Dren. Relatives said Platt had broken off her correspondence with Hill after learning he was a murderer. Hill began serving a 27-year sentence feb. 5, 1984,for second degree murder in the 1982 strangulation of his Fiancee Marilyn Carter 28, whose body was found in a closet at her Home the Day before they were to remarried. He had been released from prison seven Days before the slaying after serving sentences for robbery criminal sexual conduct and being a Felon in posses Sion of a gun. He was also Blind at the time of the murder a police spoke Man said. Court records show Hill lost his sight in an Industrial Accident during an earlier imprisonment. 40 arrested of Mcguire fab in  de Al Salvador protest by the associated press More than 60 people were arrested saturday when pro testers gathered in several cities and at a new Jersey Mili tary base to protest . Involvement in Al Salvador. Police arrested 28 people in Chicago where about 250 demonstrators turned out in front of the Chicago Tribune offices and 40 people in new Jersey wherefore than 300 demonstrators marched on Mcguire fab 18 Miles Southeast of Trenton. The rally in new Jersey was orderly at first with 300 to 400 people gathered outside the front Gate of the base base representative Ken Bogdan said. However he said some protesters began climbing Over gales and fences to get Mlo the base and then sat Down and refused to move. Some were carried away Bogdan said. No injuries were reported. The Point of the demonstration was to be arrested to show we arc resisting the War with our bodies and feel so strongly against this .-financed War in Al  coalition spokeswoman Kate Woods said. In new York More than 1,200 sign waving protes ters marched on times Square. No arrests were reported. Smaller demonstrations were held in san Francisco and Providence . Leslie Schuld an organizer of the Chicago demonstration said there were 60 such rallies being held across the country but that figure could not be independently con firmed. The actions were timed to coincide with sunday s presidential elections in Al Salvador. In new York demonstrators gathered in Union Square where they heard a speech from Arnold Ramos of the Feln for the salvadoran rebel Alli Ance. Rep. Major Owens d-n.y., addressed the group when it arrived in times Square. The rally was to be followed by a show of civil disobedience on monday with protesters blockading a Federal building in lower Manhattan. The Bush administration must choose betwee negotiations or an escalation of . Military involve ment said Miguel Ramirez coordinator of the new York coalition to Stop the . War in Al Salvador. Many fear a Vietnam like disaster if the administration chooses the latter  of the 28 people arrested in Chicago three were charged with disorderly conduct and the rest were charged with obstructing traffic on Michigan Avenue police sgt. Robert Mccracken said. Schuld said the demonstrators hoped to Send a Strong message to the Bush administration and con Gress to support peace in Al  we re just not going to let business go on As usual she said adding that "$3.6 billion has been sent to Al Salvador Over the last eight years to support death  the rally was held at the Tribune Tower to under line what Schuld called very weak press coverage on events in the Central american nation. Mother love the Atlanta zoo s part cradles her Newborn son born last week. The Gorilla baby is the first born in the new rain Forest habitat. 2nd-hand cigarette smoke cited in cervical cancer Chicago a breathing the cigarette smoke of others May triple a woman s likelihood of developing cervical cancer roughly the same increase in risk that smoking itself seems to create according to a new study. But the finding should be interpreted cautiously because the study May have overestimated the risks of both types of exposure to cigarette smoke according to an Independent researcher. Cervical cancer will strike More than 13,000 . Women this year and kill 6,000 of them according to the american cancer society. The most important cause of cervical can cer is believed to be a sexually transmitted virus called papilloma virus but higher rates of cervical cancer among smokers has led re searchers to suspect that cigarettes May play a role. Research has shown that substances in cigarette smoke can be carried through the blood to Distant tissues and organs and these sub stances have been detected in the neck of the uterus the researchers said. Senators accuse Auto group of being foreign agent Washington a three democratic senators say an imported car dealers group that spent almost $1 Mil lion against them in recent elections i really a foreign agent and they want the Justice department to investigate. Leaders of the car group deny they re working for foreigners. And one has said two of the senators Are hypocrites who asked for Money from them and took $8,000 when it was offered. I think it s nothing but sour grapes said Tom a cml. Chairman of the Auto dealers and Drivers free Trade Pac a political action committee that last year spent nearly $2.6 million on House and Senate elections. Of that total about 83 percent was spent to help Republican candidates according to figures compiled by the Feder Al election commission Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan both of Nevada Bob Graham of Florida and David Boren of Oklahoma signed a letter to the Justice department alleging that the Pac is a foreign agent working for the japanese automobile manufacturers. Born who has not accepted Money from the group nor been opposed by them signed the letter because his col leagues asked him to and because he is opposed to the role political action committees in general Are playing in Ameri can politics said spokesman John dec Ken. Under Federal Law individuals or firms representing foreign governments people or companies Nave to Register with the Justice department As foreign agents and report what activities they have carried out for their clients. While foreign agents can give Money to political campaigns As individual american citizens the Law does not per Mit them to make such contributions i their role As foreign agents. Nimet and Frank Glackin the group s executive director said fro their office in new York City that Reid Bryan and Graham arc trying to get even because the group spent Large amounts of Money against them. No act and Glacken said the Organiza Tion s funding comes entirely from american citizens. Last year the Pac spent $548,989 trying to defeat Bryan much of it through Independent expenditures meaning the organization was operating on its own and was not subject to the Legal limitation that would apply if it were giving Money directly to a Campaign. Bryan and his Republican oppo nent former sen. Chic Hecht each spent about $3 million on their hotly contested race according to records at the Federal election commission. The group spent $430,500 against Graham in his 1986 race against then sen Paula Hawkins and it gave the Legal limit of $10,000 to the 1986 Campaign of James d. Salini who lost to Reid the Fec records show. But the Pac like others worked both sides of the Street in those races and gave $5,000 to Graham and $3,000 to Reid according to the Fec records. I mean these Guys arc hypocrites no act said. They asked us for Money to support  Craig Varoga a spokesman for Reid said the senator docs not plan to give Back any of the Money despite his suspicions that the Pac is funded by foreign interests contributions that would be against the Law. Ken Klein a spokesman for Graham said the senator also had no plans to give Back the $5,000 he received from Pac. Klein said Graham would wait to see what the Justice department decides. Jean Cal a spokeswoman for Bryan said he was not acting in revenge but was genuinely disturbed by the thought of acs making Independent expenditures to influence elections. She did acknowledge that Bryan was not thrilled that the Pac spent More than half a million dollars against him